What is an adverb?

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb. What does that mean? An adverb describes actions and other descriptive words. You might be thinking isn’t that what an adjective does? The English language can be confusing. An adjective only describes a noun or pronoun, an adverb describes everything else. An adverb also answers a question where, when, how and how often.

Here is an example:

The curious toddler quietly opened the front door.

Curious is an adjective because it is describing the toddler (the noun).

Quietly is the adverb because it is describing how the toddler opened the door.

Example 2

The nervous girl waited anxiously to get on the school bus.

Nervous is an adjective because it is describing the girl (the noun)

Anxiously is an adverb because it is describing how the girl waited for the bus.

How to find an adverb in a sentence

There are a couple of ways to find an adverb in the sentence. One trick to finding an adverb in the sentence is to look for the word with an ly at the end. Most adjectives turn into adverbs by adding an ly at the end of the word.

Another trick to finding an adverb in the sentence is to look for the interrogative adverb. These are adverbs that begin with a question.

example

Where are you going?

Where is the adverb

How did you do that?

How is the adverb

When will you be back?

When is the adverb.

List of Adverbs for Kids

How Where When How Often

Accidentally Anywhere After Always

Angrily Away Already Never

Awkwardly Down Before Once

Bitterly Downstairs Early Rarely

Boldly Everywhere Finally Seldom

Carelessly Far Last Sometimes

Charmingly Here Late Twice

Cleverly Inside Later Yearly

Dangerously Near Now

Eagerly Nearby Recently

Effortlessly Nowhere Soon

Excitedly Outside Yesterday

Forcefully There

Gracefully Underground

Happily

Jokingly

Kindly

Lazily

Loudly

Nervously

Nosily

Quietly

Rudely

Sadly

Silently

Sharply

Silently

Skillfully

Slowly

Surely

Tastefully

Thankfully

Violently

Visually

Warmly

Wisely

Youthfully

Zig Zag

Nouns

Noun- A word that identifies a person, place or thing

Proper Nouns A name used for an individual or place. Proper nouns are spelled with capital letters